There are many architects, but for me very few are those who have managed to leave their mark around the world and not only in the field of architecture, but also in society and politics, the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is one of those few. Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, popularly known as "Oscar Niemeyer", was a Brazilian architect who modernized the architecture of his country and left both a national and international legacy. He was born on December 15, 1907 in Rio de Janeiro and died on December 5, 2012 at the age of 104. Niemeyer was a follower and promoter of the ideas and work of Le Corbusier, served as an inspiration for him, while Corbusier was inspired by the works of Niemeyer in his later works, so they had a professional relationship in which one he helped himself to the other. In the beginning he worked in the office of Lúcio Costa, a world famous Brazilian architect, although he was going through monetary problems, he came to work for fre...